Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-15
] RAILROAD MEN.
ASIMPORfANF CONFERENCE OF KAGNATBS
AT CHARLESTON.

! AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE OF KAGNATES
AT CHARLESTON.
A Carpenter KiIlsd-AlmOst Beaten 10 Death
A Mammoth Celebration at
Martinsburg.
There was big meeting of railroad men
at Charleston Friday. Among those pres
emit were Col. A. Boone, General Manager
of the ''Blaek Diamond; P. s. Marshall,
President of the v. p. & o., and 2. b. &
p; w. P. Robinson, Vice President of u,
B. &P.; A. P. PinkertOn, Vice President
of the GAINESVILLE, Mt Vernon and Marion;
W. G.. WOodford and c. ID. Ford, Directors
of the z. B. & p; Henry Cassell, Director
of the z. Mt. V. & NJ, and P. w. o.:
Allen lowering, Director of the q. Mt. v.
& NJ, and V. P. o.; DR.. A. l.. Garland
and C. T. Baker, of the p w. & o.; C,
w. Kauke, Of the P. w. & o.; c. II. Bog
man, General Agent of the z. B. & p;
Major w. S. Holland, Of the u. & o.;
Messrs. ,Swart and Merrill, of Barlow,
Ohio, and c. G. Baldwin, OF Colum-
bus. They were in conference with Cen
eral Manager Sharp, of the Kanawha and
Ohio, and w. Page Atkinson, Vice Presi-
dent of the Cincinnati, Wheeling and New
York railroad, in regard to gaining control
of the latter road. c. II. Bogman spoke
confidently of the success of the "Biack
Diamond" system to reporter, and said
the system was going through West Vir-
ginia to eastern tide water, as sure as fate;
and that work was being done in several
counties in West Virginia now. The pro-
jected line of this road goes through the
richest mineral and timber lands In this
State, and would be paying investment
The party left at noon for Columbus, with
out making public the result of the confer
ence.
Lew Blankenship, the man who is
charged with having outraged girl named
Meek, in jackson county, a short time
since, was captured by posse Of citizens
on Sandy Fork of Elk river, in Roane
county, and taken to Ravenswood. Popu-
lar indignation was so great that Blanken-
ship waived preliminary examination for
fear of a vigilance committee, and re-
quested to be taken to safer quarters in the
Jail at Ripley. He was quietly run out OF
town and placed in Jail by the officers. The
crime which Blankenship is charged
with having committed is that of outrag-
ing the person of q twelve-year-Old girl.
Blankenship made his escape at the time
or he certainly would have met his death
in short order. Parties who are acquainted
with the circumstances say the man is not
safe from the vengeance of the community
even in Jail.
BLINDED IN A SINGULAR MANNER. y
A few months ago w. A. Derby, OF
Ridgeway, Raleigh county, had one of his
eyes put out by splinter flying from a
stick of timber while he was operating q
buzz-saw. Derby would not 60 to work
ut the saw again, fearing an accident to
his we'll eye, but went TO driving an OK
team, as about the safest work he could
do. A few days ago he was driving his
oxen, when he struck one of them with his
whip, which had hard leather lash. The
lash wound around the ox's leg, and the
tip end of the lash, piece of leather the
size of pea, was snapped OFT 1t flew
into Derby's well eye with such force that
it cut the eyeball open and destroyed the
sight, rendering Derby Totally blind. The
same day Lewis Caughey, of Fairview, a
consin of Derby's, who also lost an eye
some time before in saw mill, was
driving a horse along the road, when a
small stone was thrown by the horses
hoof. 1t struck Caughey in his well eye
and put it out.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Hamilton Wykle, aged about 40 years,
citizen of Monroe county, whose mind
has been somewhat Impaired from his
youth up, came TO his death in shocking
manner on Saturday last, about 1890 p.
M, at the home of his father, Mr.. VIM.
Wykle, near the Salt Sulphur Springs.
The unfortunate man was grazing horse
which had Just been unhitched from the
pillow, and in some way unknown TO any
one the animal became frightened and by
sudden plunge, it is supposed, threw
Wykle off his feet In this position he
was dragged about $50 yards, 1.-THE rein it
is believed, being wrapped about his wrist
and was kicked to death by the frightened
animal before he became disentaDgled
from the rein. His iace and body were
dreadfully torn, and the horses hOofs
were stained with blood. He WAS dead
almost before those who tried to rescue
him could reach him. ....... ....
LIGHTNING COMES CLOSE.
A dwelling house occupied by the Misses
Liggett, just west of Buckhannon, was
struck by lightning few days ago and
quite badly wrecked. The lightning first
struck the chimney which goes through the
middle Of the house, and then passed to the
roof, making two holes in the same, parting
and going down both sides of the house.
The clock was knocked from the mantle
and was destroyed, cupboard containing
dishes had its contents generally broken, n
door was knocked off its hinges, the casing,
etc., being torn off. The lightning run on
down the side of the house by window,
tearing it out on one side within one foot Of
the corner of bed, where Mr.. Benjamin
Miles, of French Creek, was sleeping.
Fortunately and almost miraculously no
one was injured, but the inmates were con-
siderably stunned.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
John r. w. Cross was badly hurt near
Wilmoth's mill, Barbour county, last Sun
day. Mr.. Cross, with some five OF six
others, were on a truck belonging to the
Grafton and Greenbrier road and out for a
ride. At the point where the accident
occurred there is stiff grade and the truck
was running along at a lively rate, when
on passing q short curve in the road, an
engine was discovered standing on the
track few yards in front of them. The
persons on the truck not having the
means for stopping it, began jumping of,
and all succeeded in getting of with slight
bruises except Cross, who from some cause
jumped in front of the truck and was run
over by it. He was badly bruised up, but,
a little strange TO say, no bones were
broken.
MAKING THE ROCKS FLY.
The blasting on the West Virginia rail-
road Just east of MargantOwn, continues
with undated vigOr. But few buildings
nv Eanoae ~ that vicinity ora nnmark ad nv